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Show THE UTAH SEMI-CENTENNIAL COMMISSION. Subsequently the Commission appointed as its official aids: Brigham Young, H. F. McGarvie, . Nat M. Brigham, L. C. Johnson, O. F. Whitney, H. W. Naisbitt, Director-General . Assistant Director-General Grand Marshal Assistant Secretary . Historians County Commissioners were appointed by the Governor-April 22, 1897 as follows: John R. Murdock, Beaver County, Rudger Ciawson, Box Elder County, Lyman R. Martineau, Cache County, James M. Beatie, Carbon County, John W. Hess, Davis County, C. G. Larson, Emery County, Thomas Sevy, Garfield County, M. W. Warner, Grand County, Francis Webster, Iron County, Herbert Burton, Juab County, Thomas Chamberlain, Kane County, Thomas C. Callister, Millard County, Richard Fry, Morgan County, Charles Morrill, Piute County, Archibald McKinnon, Rich County, William D. Livingston, Sanpete County, F. A. Hammond, San Juan County, Theo. Brandley, Sevier County, A. D. Moffatt, Summit County, Hugh S. Gowans, Tooele County, R. S. Collett, Uintah County, Lafayette Holbrook, Utah County, David H. Cannon, Washington County, Abram Hatch, Wasatch County, W. E. Robinson, Wayne County, G. H. Islaub, Weber County. As contemplated in the Act creating the Commission, its members served without pay. The expenses of the Jubilee were met from a fund created by Legislative appropriation and by contributions from various sources, including business houses and private individuals In all, the sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars was realized, with which to defray the cost of the mammoth undertaking. This did not include donations of labor and material, which probably amounted to five or six thousand dollars more. Subjoined is the official invitation sent by the Commission to all the leading men of the Nation and of the various States and Territories: "SIR: "In 1847-on July 24th-in the providence of God, zvas ended on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, the toilsome journey of the little band of brave men and women that broke the first trail from the Missouri River to America's Dead Sea. That journey, through the besetting dangers of desert, mountain and plain, marked an epoch in American history. "In the awful solitudes of the Wasatch these Piomers dedicated their lives to the redemption of the wilderness. Undeterred by destitution and hardship, they uncomplainingly toiled-and toiling, saw their dominion widen year by year until the arid valleys changed their dead hues for those of green and gold. "Of such materials have been made the men and women who have blazed the ways in this Republic. To commemorate the achievements of the Pioneers of 1847-to enable the survivors of them to hold a re-union upon their last camping ground-to illustrate the progress of a commonwealth-to proclaim the prevalence of peace and good will in Utah, regardless of religious belief, and to grandly celebrate the auspicious close of the first half century of Utah's unique career, the grateful people of '' The Forty-fifth State" will hold at Salt Lake-the capital city-a Pioneer Jubilee from July 20th to 25th of the present year. Will you not honor us with your presence on that occasion t "UTAH SEMI-CENTENNIAL COMMfSSION." |
